Soulfly: Conquer. Possibly The Best Soulfly Album…EVER!
August 15, 2008 by Scott
I’ve been hesitant about buy the new Soulfy CD, Conquer, even after hearing Unleash and really liking it. I was worried that it would be another over nu-metal, tribal crazy/crappy album like most of them are. I remember really liking the first Soulfly, but these days I can’t bear listening to it. After buying Soulfly 3 I was a bit disappointed too. The Cavalera Conspiracy gave me hope. It gave me hope that Max still had it in him. The ability to right kick ass thrashy songs.
Conquer sounds more like a continuation of The Cavalera Conspiracy and less of a Soulfly album, but that’s a great thing. Max keeps the lyrics simple and lets us never forget how much he loves the word “fuck”, as he did with the Cavalera Conspiracy. The riffs are crunchy yet interesting and the solos are as always great from the fingers of Marc Rizzo. Max pretty much expresses his dislike for war…in every song. The theme is pretty much the same all the way through but it still sounds good. Touching the void is a cool slow groove and chop song with more instrumental than vocals and the last track, Soufly VI is a great soft instrumental arrangement. What is even better about this album is that it has very minimum of the tribal effects and such that every other Soufly album has. If you have any doubts, head on over to Soulfly’s Myspace and stream some of the new stuff. Max got his groove back, bitches!
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i don’t mind the new album, unleash is still my favourite song on the album though.
Definitelly the best ever Soulfly album , i mean i,ve just listen to the album yesterday, and all the songs are really good. You can just tell by listening to the sound, and the way the song are arranged and by paying attention to each songs from the begining to the end.